According to a recent article in Ad Age, we’re all (well, most) (well, some) (well a little under 60% of us) are increasing our social spend this year. And that, says Ad Age, means it’s time for those who sell social to put away their SXSW glow sticks, slap on some shoes and get moving. […]
Welcome to Our Resolution-Free Zone
What did you expect for the first working day of the year? A quiet bit of time, perhaps, to hide the last of the 2011 bodies and steal that nice chair from the conference room? Had you counted on having to rid your Inbox of 2012 Predictions, 2011 I-Told-You-Sos and Helpful New Year Resolutions for […]
Six Reasons to Text in your 2012 Plan
Say, how’s your 2012 plan coming along? What’s that? You’re on version 357 and your Corporate Overlords haven’t even seen it yet? Your desk is awash in spreadsheets you’re too terrified to throw out? You spent most of last Wednesday trying to fit 7 point type into a Venn diagram and most of the next day […]
Steve Jobs Isn’t Dead. You’re Just Holding Him Wrong.
Many months ago, long before the beatification of Steve Jobs began, but sometime after he was declared The-Best-Presenter-The-World-Has-Ever-Seen-And-That-Includes-Obama-Too, my friend Eric and I were debating whether he really was all that as a presenter. Our conclusion, and I may be remembering only part of our whisky-induced brilliance here, was that while a pitch by Steve […]
Is it Still a Revolution if it Comes with Instructions?
Just when I thought we’d seen last of the books dedicated to screaming at marketers until they sign up for Foursquare, along comes The Now Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social*. I should note that I received two copies, both of them free. One I think I asked for […]